Miss Marple

. . . Miss Marple accompanies Lady Virginia Revel to a weekend party at her family home of Chimneys – a house once prized for its diplomatic gatherings until a diamond was stolen there over twenty years ago. The tenacious career politician, George Lomax, has persuaded Virginia’s father, Lord Caterham to host a gathering for an important Austrian Count, Ludwig Von Stainach. Virginia, who is the daughter of Miss Marple’s late cousin, must decide by the end of the weekend whether to accept George Lomax’s proposal of marriage or to follow her heart and the courtship of another more adventurous suitor, Anthony Cade. Lomax is dismayed by the odd array of guests who have been invited and castigates his affable assistant Bill Eversleigh, who also has a soft spot for Virginia. Along with Miss Marple there is the socialist spinster Miss Blenkinsopp and Caterham’s formidable eldest daughter Bundle as well as the quietly inscrutable maidservant Treadwell. Count Ludwig takes a personal interest in Chimneys and after dinner Caterham entertains discussions about the sale of the house and a deal is drawn up. But in the middle of the night the house guests are stirred from their beds by security and the Count cannot be found. The sound of a gunshot is heard from a secret passageway in the house and Count Ludwig is found dead in the arms of Anthony Cade. Why is Cade at Chimneys - is Virginia’s suitor being framed for murder? A Chief Inspector arrives from Scotland Yard to investigate, taking Miss Marple under his wing and together they discover a coded message in the pocket of the dead Count which could unlock the mystery. But when the bones of a young servant murdered over twenty years ago are uncovered Marple begins to realise that the secret of Chimneys is darker than even she had realised. ,copyright: Ale Kino! / © Copyright ITV plc (ITV Global Entertainment Ltd)

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